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Addis Ababa (fountain of hot mineral water, new flower) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.[1]

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  1. 282 relations: Abebe Bikila, Abebe Bikila Stadium, Abiy Ahmed, Abrehot Library, Abuna Takla Haymanot, Abune Paulos, Adanech Abebe, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa City Hall, Addis Ababa Federal Police, Addis Ababa Light Rail, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Zoo, Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, Addis Ketema, Addis Mercato, Admas University College–Addis Ababa, Afewerk Tekle, Africa Hall, Africa Park, African Plate, African Union, African Union Conference Center and Office Complex, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Akaki River, Akaky Kaliti, Alem Bekagn, ALERT (medical facility), Alpine climate, Ambo, Ethiopia, Amhara people, Amharic, Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise, Ankara, Arada (district of Addis Ababa), Arkebe Oqubay, Assab, Autism, Awash River, Axum, Azmari, Battle of Adwa, Battle of Amba Alagi (1941), Beautifying Sheger, Beersheba, Beijing, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, ... Expand index (232 more) »

  2. 1886 establishments in Ethiopia
  3. Regions of Ethiopia

Abebe Bikila

Shambel Abebe Bikila (ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion.

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Abebe Bikila Stadium

Abebe Bikila Stadium (አበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲያም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Abiy Ahmed

Abiy Ahmed Ali (Abiyi Ahmed Alii; ዐብይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019.

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Abrehot Library

Abrehot Library is a public library in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Abuna Takla Haymanot

Abuna Takla Haymanot (Ge'ez: አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት, born Melaku Wolde-Mikael: 21 September 1917 – 29 August 1988) was the third Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1976 to 1988.

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Abune Paulos

Abune Paulos (born Gebremedhin Woldeyohannes; 3 November 1936 – 16 August 2012) was the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1992 to his death in 2012.

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Adanech Abebe

Adanech Abebe (Ge'ez: አዳነች አበቤ, Adaanach Abeebee) is an Ethiopian politician and attorney who is serving as the thirty-second mayor of Addis Ababa since 2021.

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Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa (fountain of hot mineral water, new flower) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Addis Ababa are 1886 establishments in Ethiopia, capitals in Africa, cities and towns in Ethiopia, city-states, Populated places established in 1886 and regions of Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa Bole International Airport

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport is an international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa City Hall

The Addis Ababa City Hall (አዲስ አበባ ማዘጋጃ ቤት) is a governmental department that houses the offices of the Municipality of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa Federal Police

The Addis Ababa Federal Police (Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ ፌድራል ፖሊስ) is the law enforcement division of the Ethiopian Federal Police operating in Addis Ababa City Administration.

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Addis Ababa Light Rail

The Addis Ababa Light Rail (translit) is a light rail system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርስቲ), or AASTU, is an Ethiopian higher institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa Stadium

Addis Ababa Stadium (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa University (AAU) (አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa Zoo

Addis Ababa Zoo (Amharic: አንበሳ ጊቢ, romanized: änəbäsa gibi lit. 'lion compound') is a zoological park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway

The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway is a standard gauge international railway that serves as the backbone of the new Ethiopian National Railway Network.

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Addis Ketema

Addis Ketema (አዲስ ከተማ or ክፍለ ከተማ, meaning "new city") is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Addis Mercato

Merkato (Amharic: መርካቶ; Italian: "market") is a large open-air marketplace in the Addis Ketema, district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the name refers to the neighborhood in which it is located.

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Admas University College–Addis Ababa

Admas University is a tertiary institution based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Afewerk Tekle

Afewerk Tekle (22 October 1932 – 10 April 2012) was an Ethiopian artist, particularly known for his paintings on African and Christian themes as well as his stained glass.

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Africa Hall

Africa Hall is the permanent headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Africa Park

Africa Park is a park situated along Menelik II Avenue in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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African Plate

The African Plate, also known as the Nubian Plate, is a major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa (except for its easternmost part) and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south.

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African Union

The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.

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African Union Conference Center and Office Complex

The African Union Conference Center and Office Complex (AUCC) is a building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (أحمد بن إبراهيمالغازي, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi; 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543.

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Akaki River

The Akaki is a river of central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Akaky Kaliti

Akaky Kaliti (Amharic: አቃቂ ቃሊቲ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Akaki Kality, is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Alem Bekagn

Alem Bekagn (ዓለም በቃኝ, "Farewell to the World"), or 'Kerchele Prison', was a central prison in Ethiopia until 2004.

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ALERT (medical facility)

ALERT is a medical facility on the edge of Addis Ababa, specializing in Hansen's disease, also known as “leprosy”.

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Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold.

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Ambo, Ethiopia

Ambo (Amboo) is a town in west-central Ethiopia.

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Amhara people

Amharas (Āmara; ʾÄməḥära) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which is indigenous to Ethiopia, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region.

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Amharic

Amharic (or; Amarəñña) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.

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Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise

Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise or Anbessa is a state-owned public transport operator headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Ankara

Ankara, historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, but first by the urban area (4,130 km2).

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Arada (district of Addis Ababa)

Arada (Amharic: አራዳ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Arkebe Oqubay

Arkebe Oqubay (ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.

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Assab

Assab or Aseb is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.

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Autism

Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive and inflexible patterns of behavior that are impairing in multiple contexts and excessive or atypical to be developmentally and socioculturally inappropriate.

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Awash River

The Awash (sometimes spelled Awaash; Oromo: Awaash OR Hawaas, Amharic: ዐዋሽ, Afar: Hawaash We'ayot, Somali: Webiga Dir) is a major river of Ethiopia.

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Axum

Axum, also spelled Aksum (pronounced), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). Addis Ababa and Axum are cities and towns in Ethiopia.

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Azmari

An Azmari (Amharic: አዝማሪ) is an entertainer who sings and plays traditional string instruments of the Ethiopian Highlands.

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Battle of Adwa

The Battle of Adwa (ውግእ ዓድዋ;, also spelled Adowa) was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

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Battle of Amba Alagi (1941)

The Battle of Amba Alagi was fought in May 1941, during World War II, part of the East African Campaign.

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Beautifying Sheger

Beautifying Sheger is a project sponsored by the Ethiopian government that aims to clean rivers and create public works in the capital city, Addis Ababa.

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Beersheba

Beersheba, officially Be'er-Sheva (usually spelled Beer Sheva; Bəʾēr Ševaʿ,; Biʾr as-Sabʿ), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (born 1980) is an Ethiopian businesswoman, founder, and executive director of soleRebels, Africa's "fastest growing footwear company".

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Biome

A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.

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Bishoftu

Bishoftu is a town in central Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Bishoftu are cities and towns in Ethiopia.

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Bole (district of Addis Ababa)

Bole (ቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Boulevard

A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a group of 96 cities around the world that represents one twelfth of the world's population and one quarter of the global economy.

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Capital accumulation

Capital accumulation is the dynamic that motivates the pursuit of profit, involving the investment of money or any financial asset with the goal of increasing the initial monetary value of said asset as a financial return whether in the form of profit, rent, interest, royalties or capital gains.

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Capital city

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic Church in Ethiopia

The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.

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Cesare Valle

Cesare Valle (17 June 1902 – 10 September 2000) was an Italian architect.

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Chemical weapon

A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans.

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China Road and Bridge Corporation

China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of Fortune Global 500 company China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), is a Chinese state-owned construction and engineering firm that focuses on global infrastructure projects such as highways, railways, bridges, ports, and tunnels.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Chuncheon

Chuncheon (literally spring river), formerly romanized as Ch'unch'ŏn, is the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea.

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Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion

The Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant.

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Competition (economics)

In economics, competition is a scenario where different economic firmsThis article follows the general economic convention of referring to all actors as firms; examples in include individuals and brands or divisions within the same (legal) firm.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia

The COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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Cultural assimilation

Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assimilates the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.

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Culture of Ethiopia

The culture of Ethiopia is diverse and generally structured along ethnolinguistic lines.

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Dawit II

Dawit II (ዳዊት; – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (ልብነ ድንግል, essence of the virgin), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa.

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Derg

The Derg (or Dergue), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership or junta formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991.

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Deriba Merga

Deriba Merga Ejigu (ደርባ መርጋ አጅጉ; born 26 October 1980) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner.

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Dessie

Dessie (Däse; also spelled Dese or Dessye) is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Dessie are cities and towns in Ethiopia.

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Deutscher Wetterdienst

The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes.

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Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa (Diridhaba, meaning"where (the Somali ancestor) Dir hit his spear into the ground" or "The true Dir", ድሬዳዋ, Harari: ድሬዳዋ, lit. "Plain of Medicine"; 3; ديري داوا) is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Somali Region and Oromo border and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being Addis Ababa, the capital). Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa are cities and towns in Ethiopia, city-states and regions of Ethiopia.

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Djibouti

Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east.

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Djibouti City

Djibouti (also called Djibouti City and Jibuti in early Western texts) is the capital of Djibouti. Addis Ababa and Djibouti City are capitals in Africa and city-states.

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East Africa Time

East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa.

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East African campaign (World War II)

The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.

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East African Rift

The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa.

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EBS TV (Ethiopia)

Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS TV) is an Ethiopian free to air television network.

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Emperor

The word emperor (from imperator, via empereor) can mean the male ruler of an empire.

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Emperor of Ethiopia

The emperor of Ethiopia (nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.

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Enrico Del Debbio

Enrico Del Debbio (26 May 1891 – 12 July 1973) was an Italian architect and university professor.

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Entoto Mountains

The Entoto Mountains or Entoto Hills (Amharic: እንጦጦ) is a mountainous region in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Ephraim Isaac

Ephraim Isaac (born 29 May 1936) is an Ethiopian scholar of ancient Ethiopian Semitic languages and of African and Ethiopian civilizations.

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Equator

The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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Eritrea

Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.

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Eténèsh Wassié

Eténèsh Wassié (born 1971) is an Ethiopian jazz singer, renowned for her collaborative approach to music and performance.

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Ethio-Djibouti Railways

The Ethio-Djibouti Railway (Chemin de Fer Djibouto-Éthiopien, C.D.E.) is a metre gauge railway in the Horn of Africa that once connected Addis Ababa to the port city of Djibouti.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.

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Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines (translit), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from Ethiopian Air Lines to Ethiopian Airlines.

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Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute

The Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin), formerly known as Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute (EBTi), is a research institute owned by the Government of Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian calendar

The Ethiopian calendar (ዓውደ ወር; ዓዉደ ወርሕ; ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Ge'ez calendar (Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ; የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር) is the official state civil calendar of Ethiopia and serves as an unofficial customary cultural calendar in Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans in the diaspora.

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Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba

The Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Metropolitana sui iuris archieparchia Neanthopolitana) is the metropolitan see of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church.

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Ethiopian Civil Service University

The Ethiopian Civil Service University (ECSU) is a public university in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus

The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY; also called Mekane Yesus Church) is a Lutheran denomination in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian Federal Police

The Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) is the law enforcement agency of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church

The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church

The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (የኢትዮጵያ ቃለ ሕይወት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን "The Ethiopian Word of Life Church") is an evangelical denomination, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian National Theatre

The Ethiopian National Theatre is a national theatre in central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF; translit) was an ethnic federalist political coalition in Ethiopia that existed from 1988 to 2019.

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Ethnological Museum, Addis Ababa

The Ethnological Museum, Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, is a public institution dedicated to ethnology and culture.

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.

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Export–Import Bank of China

The Export–Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) is a policy bank of China under the State Council.

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Fall of the Derg regime

The fall of the Derg, also known as Downfall of the Derg, was a military campaign that resulted in the defeat of the ruling Marxist–Leninist military junta, the Derg, by the rebel coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) on 28 May 1991 in Addis Ababa, ending the Ethiopian Civil War.

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Fana Broadcasting Corporate

Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C. (FBC) is a state-owned mass media company operating in Ethiopia.

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Fana TV

Fana TV is an Ethiopian satellite television network owned by Fana Broadcasting Corporate, which is a state-owned company.

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Fascist Italy

Fascist Italy is a term which is used to describe the Kingdom of Italy when it was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister and dictator.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Fra Mauro

Fra Mauro, O.S.B. Cam., (c.1400–1464) was an Italian (Venetian) cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice.

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Gamo people

The Gamo people are an Ethiopian ethnic group located in the Gamo Highlands of southern Ethiopia.

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Gamo-Gofa-Dawro language

Gamo-Gofa-Dawro is an Omotic language of the Afroasiatic family spoken in the Dawro, Gamo Gofa and Wolayita Zones of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region in Ethiopia.

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Gebrehiwot Baykedagn

Gebrehiwot Baykedagn (1886–1919) was an Ethiopian doctor, economist, and intellectual.

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Genetic analysis

Genetic analysis is the overall process of studying and researching in fields of science that involve genetics and molecular biology.

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Genetic diversity

Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.

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Gideon Force

Gideon Force was a small British and African special force, a Corps d'Élite with the Sudan Defence Force, Ethiopian regular forces and Arbegnoch (Amharic for Patriots).

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Giuseppe Vaccaro

Giuseppe Vaccaro (Bologna, 30 April 1896 – Rome, 11 September 1970) was an Italian architect.

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Glocal Forum

The Glocal Forum is an international organization in the field of city-to-city cooperation; encouraging peace building and international development in the non-governmental sector.

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Gojjam

Gojjam (gōjjām, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) is a historical provincial kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos.

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Grand Anwar Mosque

The Grand Anwar Mosque (مسجد الأنوار الكبير, ታላቁ የአንዋር መስጊድ), also called Al-Anwar Mosque or simply Anwar Mosque and sometimes "Jama'a Salat" ("place where people pray"), is the largest and oldest mosque in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia located in a place of Merkato within Arada district.

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Grassland

A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).

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Great Ethiopian Run

The Great Ethiopian Run (ታላቁ ሩጫ በኢትዮጵያ) is an annual 10-kilometre road running event which takes place in late November in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Guenete Leul Palace

The Guenete Leul Palace ("Paradise of Princes") is a palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Gullele

Gullele (Amharic: ጉለሌ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Gulele, is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Gurage people

The Gurage (Gurage: ጉራጌ, ቤተ-ጉርዓ, ቤተ-ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.

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Habte Giyorgis Dinagde

Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis Dinagde (ሀብተ ጊዮርጊስ ዲነግዴ;; c. 1851 – 12 December 1926) also known by his horse name Abba Mechal was an Ethiopian military commander and government official who, among several other posts, served as President of the Council of Ministers and as Minister of War during the reigns of Menelik II, Zewditu and Haile Selassie.

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Hager Fikir Theatre

The Hager Fikir Theatre (ሃገር ፍቅር ቲያትር) is a theatre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie (Haylē Gebre Silassē; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman.

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Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

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Harare

Harare, formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. Addis Ababa and Harare are capitals in Africa.

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Holy Trinity Cathedral (Addis Ababa)

Holy Trinity Cathedral, also known in Amharic as Kidist Selassie, is the highest ranking Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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House demolition in Ethiopia (2019–present)

Many buildings have been demolished by the government of Ethiopia under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since early 2019, with 12,000 homes planned to be demolished for the purpose of rebuilding urban sprawl.

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House of Federation

The House of Federation is the upper house of the bicameral Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the parliament of Ethiopia.

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House of Peoples' Representatives

The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Ignazio Guidi

Ignazio Guidi (1844 – 18 April 1935) was an Italian orientalist.

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Infant mortality

Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islam in Ethiopia

Islam is the second largest religion in Ethiopia behind Christianity, with 31.1 to 35 percent of the total population of around 120 million people professing the religion as of 2024.

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Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.

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Italian Eritrea

Italian Eritrea (Colonia Eritrea, "Colony of Eritrea") was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea.

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Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928

The Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928, also known as the Italo–Ethiopian Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration, was a treaty signed between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire on 2 August 1928.

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Jan Meda International Cross Country

The Jan Meda International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition held at the Jan Meda Race Course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Jimma

Jimma is the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Jimma are cities and towns in Ethiopia.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. Addis Ababa and Johannesburg are Populated places established in 1886.

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JTV Ethiopia

JTV Ethiopia is an Ethiopian free-to-air satellite television channel owned by Yosef Gebre, a journalist, singer and philanthropist who previously began his TV show in EBS TV before establishing his own channel. It is based in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S and launched in 2016 on Nilesat. In May 2020, the channel in its standard-definition (SD) television platform was officially closed as a result of poor revenue from each employee and the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the station for less advertising income.

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Kana TV

Kana TV is an Ethiopian satellite television channel owned by Dubai-based Moby Group.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kenenisa Bekele

Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha (Qananiisaa baqqalaa; ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

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Khartoum

Khartoum or Khartum (al-Khurṭūm, pronounced al.xur.tˤuːm) is the capital of Sudan. Addis Ababa and Khartoum are capitals in Africa.

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Kirkos

Kirkos (Amharic: ቂርቆስ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Kerkos, Kirikos or Cherkos, is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Koka Reservoir

The Koka Reservoir (ኮካ ሐይቅ; Haroo Qooqaa) is a reservoir in south-central Ethiopia.

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Kolfe Keranio

Kolfe Keranio (Amharic: ኮልፌ ቀራኒዮ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Kolfe Keraneo or simply Kolfe, is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Kuma Demeksa

Kuma Demeksa (Kumaa Dammaqsaa; born 1958) is an Ethiopian politician.

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Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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Lideta

Lideta (Amharic: ልደታ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Light rail

Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.

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List of Ethiopian regions by Human Development Index

This is a list of Ethiopian regions and the chartered cities of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa by Human Development Index as of 2023 with data for the year 2021.

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List of ethnic groups in Ethiopia

This is a list of ethnic groups in Ethiopia that are officially recognized by the government.

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List of first women mayors (21st century)

The following is a list of the first woman to serve as mayor of their respective municipalities.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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LTV Ethiopia

LTV Ethiopia is an Ethiopian satellite television channel owned and started by Gemechis Buba. It was created for the purpose of spreading the Ethiopian culture to the world through its programming and to fill the lack of private channels in Ethiopia.

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Lucy (Australopithecus)

AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkinesh (lit), is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis.

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Lusaka

Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. Addis Ababa and Lusaka are capitals in Africa.

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Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Lyon

Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the second largest city of France by urban area It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne.

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Mahder Assefa

Mahder Assefa (born 5 October 1987) is an Ethiopian actress.

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Mahmoud Ahmed

Mahmoud Ahmed (Amharic: ማሕሙድ አሕመድ; born 8 May 1941) is an Ethiopian singer.

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Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini (8 December 1881 – 19 May 1960) was an Italian urban theorist and one of the main proponents of Italian Fascist architecture.

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Marxism–Leninism

Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology that became the largest faction of the communist movement in the world in the years following the October Revolution.

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Mayor of Addis Ababa

The Mayor of Addis Ababa (የአዲስ አበባ ከንቲባ) is head of the executive branch of Addis Ababa's municipal government.

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Meles Zenawi

Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigringa and), born Legesse Zenawi Asres (9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian politician and a former anti-Derg militant who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 1995 until his death in 2012.

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Menelik II

Menelik II (ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ; horse name Abba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913.

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Menelik Palace

The Menelik Palace, also known as the Imperial Palace or Great Ghebbi, is a palatial compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Menelik Palace are 1886 establishments in Ethiopia.

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Menen Asfaw

Menen Asfaw (baptismal name: Walatta Giyorgis; 25 March 1889 – 15 February 1962) was Empress of Ethiopia as the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie.

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Mengistu Haile Mariam

Mengistu Haile Mariam (መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማርያም, pronunciation:; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician and former military officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991.

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Meskel

Meskel (Mesk’el) is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century.

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Meskel Square

Meskel Square (Cross Square) is a public square in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Meyazia 27 Square

Meyazia 27 Square (or 5 May Square), commonly called Arat Kilo, is an important and historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, located where Adwa St, King George VI St, Queen Elizabeth II St, and Development Through Cooperation Ave come together.

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Mineral spring

Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produce hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals.

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Minibus

A minibus, microbus, or minicoach is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus.

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Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi

Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi (محمد حسين علي العمودي; born 1946) is an Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire businessman.

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Monument to the Lion of Judah

The monument to the Lion of Judah is a statue of the Lion of Judah, a symbol of Ethiopian Emperors and Ethiopia, and is located in Addis Ababa.

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Monumental Axis

The Monumental Axis (Eixo Monumental) is the central and main avenue in Brasília's city design.

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Mount Entoto

Mount Entoto (እንጦጦ) is the highest peak on the Entoto Mountains, which overlooks the city of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

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Mount Zuqualla

Mount Zuqualla (also spelled Zuquala, Zikwala or Chuqqaala) is an extinct volcano in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.

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Mulatu Astatke

Mulatu Astatke (French pronunciation: Astatqé; born 19 December 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered as the father of "Ethio-jazz".

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Mustard gas

Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH2CH2Cl)2, as well as other species.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. Addis Ababa and Nairobi are capitals in Africa.

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National Archives and Library of Ethiopia

The National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is the national library and archives of the country.

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National Bank of Ethiopia

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE; የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ) is the central bank of Ethiopia.

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National Intelligence and Security Service

The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) (Amharic: የብሔራዊ መረጃና ደህንነት አገልግሎት) is an Intelligence agency of the Ethiopian federal government tasked to defend, protect and advance the National Security and Interests of Ethiopia.

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National Museum of Ethiopia

The National Museum of Ethiopia (NME), also referred to as the Ethiopian National Museum, is a national museum in Ethiopia.

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National Palace, Addis Ababa

The National Palace, formerly Jubilee Palace, is a palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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National security

National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government.

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Negus

Negus (ንጉሥ,; cf. ነጋሲ) is the word for "king" in the Ethiopian Semitic languages and a title which was usually bestowed upon a regional ruler by the Negusa Nagast, or "king of kings," in pre-1974 Ethiopia.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Nifas Silk-Lafto

Nifas Silk-Lafto, also spelled Niffassilk Lafto or Nefassilk Lafto (Amharic: ንፋስ ስልክ ላፍቶ ክፍለ ከተማ), is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was of 335,740.

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Nyala Stadium

Nyala Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Orde Wingate

Major General Orde Charles Wingate, (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944) was a senior British Army officer known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.

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Organisation of African Unity

The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; Organisation de l'unité africaine, OUA) was an intergovernmental organization established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 33 signatory governments.

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Oromia

Oromia (Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Addis Ababa and Oromia are regions of Ethiopia.

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Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne

The Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Godina Addaa naannawa Finfinnee) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia that surrounds Addis Ababa (also known as Finfine: literally "natural spring", in the Oromo language).

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Oromo Democratic Party

The Oromo Democratic Party (Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo, ODP), formerly called the Oromo People's Democratic Organization, was a political party in Ethiopia, and part of the alliance with the Amhara National Democratic Movement, the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front and the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front that formed the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

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Oromo language

Oromo (or; Afaan Oromoo), historically also called Galla (a name regarded as pejorative by the Oromo), is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch.

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Oromo people

The Oromo people (pron. Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya.

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P'ent'ay

P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ጴንጤ) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians.

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Patrick Abercrombie

Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (6 June 1879 – 23 March 1957) was an English architect, urban designer and town planner, best known as the man who created London.

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Place of worship

A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study.

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Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta

Prince Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta (Amedeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Giuseppe Giovanni di Savoia-Aosta; 21 October 1898 – 3 March 1942) was the third Duke of Aosta and a first cousin once removed of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) involves radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.

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Qene

Qene is a genre of improvised oral poetry from Ethiopia.

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Queen of Sheba

The Queen of Sheba, also called Bilqis (Yemeni and Islamic tradition) and Makeda (Ethiopian tradition), is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.

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Race track

A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing).

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Regions of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (Amharic: plural: ክልሎች kililoch; singular: ክልል kilil; Oromo: singular: Naannoo; plural: Naannolee) and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች astedader akababiwoch; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ astedader akabibi).

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Resort town

A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy.

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Richard Pankhurst (historian)

Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst OBE (3 December 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a British scholar, founding member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, and former professor at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

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Ring road

A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country.

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Rural flight in Ethiopia

Rural flight in Ethiopia has shaped the country socioeconomic, cultural, political and urban way of life.

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Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga (born 4 May 1981) is an Irish actress known for her roles in the AMC television series Preacher (2016–2019) and the film Loving (2016).

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Saladin Said

Salah El Din Ahmed Said (ሳላዲን ሰይድ; born 29 October 1988), also known as Salhadin Said or Saladin Said, is an Ethiopian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Satellite city

A satellite city or satellite town is a smaller municipality or settlement that is part of (or on the edge of) a larger metropolitan area and serves as a regional population and employment center.

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Science and Technology Information Center (Ethiopia)

The Science and Technology Information Center (STIC) is an Ethiopian organisation which provides information to support scientific and technological (S&T) activities in the country.

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Sebat Bet Gurage language

Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Ethiopian Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in Ethiopia.

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Second Italo-Ethiopian War

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937.

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Selam (Australopithecus)

Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology.

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Sheger City

Sheger City (Amharic: ሸገር ከተማ, Oromo: Magaalaa Shaggar) is a proposed model of urban development established on 22 October 2022 that centers around the city Addis Ababa to provide influence and economic benefit for other satellite cities.

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Sheger Park

Sheger Park (Amharic: ሸገር ፓርክ), also known as Friendship Park, is the biggest urban park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Shewa

Shewa (ሸዋ; Shawaa; Somali: Shawa), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa (Scioà in Italian), is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire.

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Siltʼe language

Siltʼe (ስልጥኘ or የስልጤ አፍ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in South Ethiopia.

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Siltʼe people

The Siltʼe people are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Sodo

Sodo (ሶዶ) or officially Wolaita Sodo (ወላይታ ሶዶ) is a city in south Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Sodo are cities and towns in Ethiopia.

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Solomon

Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

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Solomonic dynasty

The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries.

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Somali Plate

The Somali Plate is a minor tectonic plate which straddles the Equator in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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St. George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa

Saint George's Cathedral (Amharic: የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ካቴድራል) is an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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St. Mary's University (Addis Ababa)

St.

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Standard of living

Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society.

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Sylvia Pankhurst

Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English feminist and socialist activist and writer.

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Tabot

Tabot (Ge'ez ታቦት tābōt, sometimes spelled tabout) is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, and represents the presence of God, in Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches.

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Taitu Hotel

The Itegue Taitu Hotel is a hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Takele Uma Banti

Takele Uma Banti (Oromo: Takala Umaa Bantii; born 1981) is an Ethiopian politician who was the Minister for Mines Petroleum of Ethiopia from 18 August 2020 to 14 January 2023.

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Taxi

A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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Taytu Betul

Taytu Betul (ጣይቱ ብጡል Ṭaytu Bəṭul ; baptised as Wälättä Mikael; 1851 – 11 February 1918) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and the third wife of Emperor Menelik II.

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Teddy Afro

Tewodros Kassahun Germamo (ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን ገርማሞ; born 14 July 1976), known professionally as Teddy Afro, is an Ethiopian singer-songwriter.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelt label; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.

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Tigray War

The Tigray War was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 to 3 November 2022.

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Tigrayans

Tigrayans (ተጋሩ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia.

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Tigrinya language

Tigrinya (ትግርኛ,; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples.

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Tigrinya people

The Tigrinya people (ትግርኛ, ብሄረ ትግርኛ), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya or Kebessa, are an ethnic group native to Eritrea.

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Tourism in Ethiopia

Tourism in Ethiopia accounted for 5.5% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2006, having barely increased 2% over the previous year.

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Traditional African religions

The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, including various ethnic religions.

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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA; Commission économique pour l'Afrique, CEA) was established in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent) following a recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly.

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Unity University

Unity University is a private university in Ethiopia.

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Wards of Ethiopia

A ward (translit; Gandaa) is the smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia: a ward, a neighbourhood or a localized and delimited group of people.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia

Access to water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia is amongst the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa and the entire world.

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Weyala

A weyala is a conductor who receives fares on minibus share taxis in Ethiopia.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wube Haile Maryam

Wube Haile Maryam of Semien, (1799 – 1867), also called by his title Dejazmach Wube, Webé; his name is also given in European sources as ‘‘Ubie’’, was one of the major figures of 19th century Ethiopia, during the closing decades of the Zemene Mesafint (lit: Era of the princes) a period of regional lords vying for power, prestige and territory amid a weakened authority of the emperors.

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Yalemzerf Yehualaw

Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa (born 3 August 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

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Yeka

Yeka (Amharic: የካ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Zemi Yenus

Zemi Yenus (ዘሚ የኑስ; 1960–2021) was an Ethiopian businesswoman and activist for children with autism.

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Zewditu Hospital

Zewditu Hospital is a hospital in central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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1973 oil crisis

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

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1995 Constitution of Ethiopia

The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, also known as the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, is the supreme law of Ethiopia.

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2008 African Championships in Athletics

The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008.

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2014–2016 Oromo protests

The 2014–2016 Oromo protests were a series of protests and resistance first sparked on 25 April 2014.

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See also

1886 establishments in Ethiopia

Regions of Ethiopia

References

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